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title: "Modifying a Fraud Rule"
source_url: https://docs.rapyd.net/en/modifying-a-fraud-rule.html
lang: en
---

# Modifying a Fraud Rule

Change the status of a rule, update or rule or delete a fraud rule.

You must have **Owner** or **Administrator** privileges to modify a rule.

You can modify any fraud rule the following ways:

- **Edit** - Update the conditions or operators of a rule.
- **Change status** - Set the rule status to one of the following:

  - **Enabled** - The rule is active, validated and is in use by Rapyd Protect
  - **Disabled** - The rule is inactive but validated.
  - **Draft** - The rule is inactive and not validated.
- **Delete** - Permanently remove the rule.

## How to Modify a Fraud Rule

1. Sign in as described in [Accessing the Client Portal](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/accessing-the-client-portal.md "Accessing the Client Portal") and navigate to **Protect** >  **Rules**

   The **Rules** page appears.

   ![64808c38db276.png](image/img-07fc23e89dcd07ce4f0977b2d9794294.png)
2. Scroll down to the rule you would like to modify.
3. Tap the three dots on the the rule you want to update.

   ![64808c3ab5bbc.png](image/img-75c7ad1a91b0bff935736fc4f5edb11d.png)
4. Choose one of the following:

   - **Enable** - Enables the rule and validates it. Relevant when the rule is **Disabled** or **Draft**.
   - **Disable** - Disables the rule. Relevant when the rule is  **Enabled**.
   - **Edit** - Opens the **Edit Rule** dialog box. See [Creating a Fraud Rule](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/creating-a-fraud-rule.md "Creating a Fraud Rule") .
   - **Delete** - Removes the rule permanently from the system.
   - **Audit Log** - The list of the activity related to the rule.
   - **Simulate** - Run a simulation of the rule to know how many transactions it would have flagged over the last 60 days.

   > **Note:**
   >
   > Before you enable a rule, verify that it does not contradict existing enabled rules.